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A Good Walk

7/29/2014

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Sometimes, after a 10 hour day at work, I think I can’t really take a walk after dinner.  My mind says, “I’m too tired.  Just put our body on the couch and sleep until bedtime.” But tonight, my muse said, “You’ll be enchanted!  Just go outside and roam.”
Here’s what we encountered:
 ·This house sparrow singing so loudly from the top of a tree, we had to stop and clap.
 ·Dark, deep mountains begging for all that is soulful to allow peace.
 ·A man on his front porch asking me how I was doing as I passed by… like he really cared how I was
doing.
 ·A hummingbird drinking nectar from a yellow gladiola and they both seemed like good friends to one
another.
 ·Wide expanses of starlings flying by the hundreds… all traveling together to some yet named place.
 ·Chilly air that caused me to close some windows before I left home and grab a sweatshirt and zip up as I
began my excursion.
 ·And later, sweat dripping onto the back of my neck and onto my sweatshirt  as I pulled my tired body up hills and pushed my muscles to attention.
  Wind chimes singing just because they want to.
 ·Dogs barking with tails wagging.
 ·Kids on bikes.
 ·Neighborhood ladies in their calico dresses talking and laughing at the edge of yards.
 ·Runners.
 ·Zinnias and roses.
 ·A sky full of mystical clouds moving at the pace of dreams and a sun setting in all of its flaming
glory.
 ·And once home, cozy candlelight and a tiny glass of peach moscato.
 
There is something valuable about the effort of evening walks.  Yes, there are the health benefits and the release of stress benefits. But we noticed something greater tonight.  We noticed that in one small neighborhood, there is still reason to believe in goodness. There is beauty and ease, and small moments creating great works.  There are encounters that still make really good sense and people who make really good neighbors.  There is comfort in the steadfastness of bikes that carry us away and dogs who love to yell at people passing by.  There are tried and true facets of the human heart that have yet to be lost to the noise and nonsense seeking to wear down the innocence of simplicity.  
  
What is it for you that absolutely heals what ails you?  What makes sense in ways nothing else can?  What reminds you of the love inside of you that yearns to be set free? If you don’t know… I recommend an evening walk and an attitude of wonder.

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